Last Girl Standing
Directed by Benjamin R. MoodyFive years ago, a masked killer brutally murdered a group of friends. Since then, Camryn, the lone survivor, has struggled to reclaim her shattered life. Wracked with guilt and paranoia, can Camryn ever have a normal life again or is she destined to be alone? Part slasher movie and part character study, Last Girl Standing is a penetrating and intimate look at what happens to the survivors of horror movies.
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Last Girl Standing Ratings & Reviews
- Kevin WardJuly 2, 2025This is one of those slashers that I was really not feeling…..until the last 20 minutes. I liked the opening that sets up our initial Final Girl. The life size Jack-a-lope is a pretty terrifying design, even if I couldn’t get Dave Courier’s voice out of my head each time. After the opening the film slows waaaay down. (Honestly, I fell asleep—that’s partly because it was another loooong little league tournament weekend in the Ward household. Hence the late review). It does a serviceable job of portraying the paranoia and fear as a product of Camryn’s PTSD, though. I think the low budget, amateurish feeling production makes that middle section really drag when there’s no kills or notable scares happening on screen. I’m glad I picked it back up, though, because that final 20 minutes delivered. Some excellent practical gore, a fairly shocking sex scene kill and a really solid final twist that actually serves as an apt metaphor for victim/perpetrator cycle. Maelyn can f**k right off with her “You wash other people’s dirty clothes? Did you have to go to school for that?” Really liked this in the end though.
- jackmeatJune 24, 2025My quick rating - 4.5/10. A movie finally decides to tackle the question that everyone (most likely very few actually) were wondering. What happens to the final girl after the horror movie is over? Well, I am fairly sure many decent quality sequels have answered this, but this one tries to hit it head-on, with the opening being the pseudo-end of such a flick. After the girl survives a gruesome serial killer's wrath, she now attempts to settle into a "normal" life, but can't seem to get the visions of what happened out of her head. I would say that part surely makes sense, but this movie is basically unsure if it should stick with straight-up drama at that point, or be another slasher, and that is where this fails. If broken down into 3 parts, it does sit with 2 good and 1 slow as molasses. The problem is that the part that needs to hold your attention is the longest part, and in the middle. Which type of movie this succeeds and fails at is entirely up to you. That is why I could see a wide range in ratings for this. I may have gotten a bit more out of it if the supporting cast hadn't acted so poorly.
